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Pakistan International Airlines cabin crew remanded for ‘smuggling’ Saudi currency

July 29, 2024 admin

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane. File (image used for representation purpose only) | Photo Credit: Reuters A female Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight attendant, who was caught smuggling foreign currency at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, Punjab Province, has been sent on judicial remand. Customs officials, who produced the suspect before a…

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Cash-Strapped Pakistan Likely To Privatize National Flag Carrier: Report

June 26, 2024 admin

Cash-strapped Pakistan is likely to privatize its national flag carrier by the first week of August, a media report said on Wednesday. The much-anticipated privatization of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has been on top of the agenda of the government after the groundwork was completed by the caretaker government that was in place to organize…

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Pakistan to privatise all state-owned firms, except strategic enterprises: PM Sharif

May 14, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Cash-strapped Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, including the loss-making Pakistan International Airlines, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on May 14, broadening the government’s initial plans to make only loss-making state firms private. The announcement to privatise state-run enterprises barring strategic ones comes a day…

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Pakistan International Airlines Partially Restores Cancelled Flights

October 23, 2023 admin

Aviation experts believe the airline’s poor state of affairs was mainly due to overstaffing Lahore: Pakistan International Airlines has resorted to widespread flight cancellation, leaving thousands of passengers in distress as the national flag carrier’s financial situation went from bad to worse.Since Sunday, the airline has cancelled around 77 international and domestic flights due to…

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